The Patch, Victoria

The Patch
Melbourne, Victoria
The Patch
Coordinates 37°53′38″S 145°23′35″E / 37.894°S 145.393°E / -37.894; 145.393Coordinates: 37°53′38″S 145°23′35″E / 37.894°S 145.393°E / -37.894; 145.393
Population 1,065[1] (2016 census)
Postcode(s) 3792
Elevation 301 m (988 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Yarra Ranges
State electorate(s) Monbulk
Federal Division(s) Casey
Suburbs around The Patch:
Olinda Monbulk Monbulk
Kallista The Patch Monbulk
Selby Menzies Creek Kallista

The Patch is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 39 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, The Patch had a population of 1,065.[1]

History

In the 1860s, a patch of Mountain Ash trees were prevalent in just one area and so that area was named The Patch—as recounted in Helen Coulson's book Story Of The Dandenongs. A part of Monbulk has come under the locality now considered to be The Patch.

Farming selections became available in the 1890s, many coming under berry production. The Post Office opened on 1 September 1908. A Post Office also opened at Fairy Dell on 1 July 1916 and closed in 1971.[2]

Berry growing supplied the Monbulk jam factory as well as metropolitan markets. The Anglican church was built in 1934, the community hall in the 1950s and the primary school in 1983–4. The hall is near the post office (which is also the general store) and the school. The Patch contains area previously known as Coonan and Fairy Dell. Its census population in 1933 was 88 and in 1947 it was 195. It remains a small township and scenic area.

The Town today

The Patch is a very small suburb and consists only of houses, a community hall, a primary school, several commercial nurseries a general store and a tennis court. Most of the suburb is classified "Rural Residential".

References

  1. 1 2 "2016 Census QuickStats The Patch". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, archived from the original on 10 May 2008, retrieved 11 April 2008
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